Defense

Tobin Anderson, lead Fairleigh Dickerson to the Sweet 16 utilizing pressure defense. In the clip below he discusses why he presses on every made basket and dead ball. He wants his team to be different so opponents must face something different when they play his team. Here are some of his goals with pressure defense: Create a +5 TO ...

In the clip below UCONN Coach Dan Hurley demonstrates a 2 on 2 Toughness Tester Drill. In this drill, a ball handler and defender starts in the center at halfcourt with a big and his defender in the dunker’s spot. The defender guarding the ball handler slides to either side to touch a cone and the ball ...

In the video below Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo breaks down the basic principles of a defensive stance. Coach Izzo has his players square their feet to the offensive player. He does not have them put one foot up and one foot back. If he wants to force a player in one direction he has his ...

These short video clips were put together by George Washington Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert. They are some notes that he took when watching NBA finals game #4. If you missed his notes from the first game, you can access it at this link: NBA Finals Game 1 Notes You may or may not agree with the ...

These short video clips were put together by George Washington Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert. They are some notes that he took when watching NBA finals game #2. If you missed his notes from the first game, you can access it at this link: NBA Finals Game 1 Notes You may or may not agree with the ...

These short video clips were put together by George Washington Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert. They are some notes that he took when watching the first NBA finals game. You may or may not agree with the notes, but hopefully they will stimulate your thoughts for some ideas that can help your program. Zak has an outstanding site ...

Kelvin Sampson led the Houston Cougars to the Final Four during the 2020-21 season. Around basketball, the Cougars are known to have one of the best Cultures in college basketball.  They were a top 5 NCAA  team defensive team and rebounding team last season.   Coach Sampson explains that if you want a team to be good at certain ...

3 on 3 Position & Take the Charge Drill with Rick Croy, California Baptist University Head Men’s Coach; 5x NCAA Division II NCAA Tournament appearances (2014-2018); over 180 wins at Cal Baptist in 8 years (.740 winning percentage); former St. Mary’s Assistant Coach; former Citrus College Head Coach; 3x WSC Coach of the Year Rick Croy is quickly making a name for ...

Jay Wright is currently the men’s head coach at Villanova University, a position he has held since 2001. He previously served as head coach at Hofstra University (1994–2001), leading the program to NCAA Tournament appearances in both 2000 and 2001. Perfecting the zone defense is a difficult task to teach and to evolve. In this course, ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some video clips of defending a snake dribble that is used to counter drop coverage of a high pick and roll. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His YouTube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone ...

Contributed by Coach Jonathan Klein If you would like me to put you in touch with Coach Klein to ask him any questions, please let me know. This post includes his thoughts on adjustments, rebounding, defending baseline inbounds plays, and pressing out of the 1-3-1. 1-3-1 ZONE DEFENSE OVERVIEW ADVANTAGES ➢ Forces the offense to adjust to your defense ➢ Forces ...

This video is with Coach James Jones of Yale University. The video is 3 minutes long so you will not get a detailed breakdown of how he coaches a 2-3 zone, but you can pick up a few coaching points that you might be able to apply to your zone defense. You will need to be on ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of NBA switching tactics. Most of us don’t coach NBA players and yes, the players in the video are not all playing for the Warriors. I do realize that. The videos are to share some ideas for switching tactics that might spark some thought in your ...

Coach TJ Rosene, Men’s Head Coach at Emmanuel College. The content is located on the Glazier Coaching Vault at this link: Transition Pistol Offense All of the basketball content in the Glazier Vault at this link: Basketball Glazier Vault Access You will need to click on the image of the video to start it. These are Vimeo ...

This article is republished with permission. The original article was written by Don Siko and appears at Reasonable Defensive Expectations – because there are no shutouts in basketball. Finishing up some current thinking on charting individual player defensive accountability, we’d like to share one more thought on how coaches can use postgame defensive charting to zero ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of a defensive concept for defending Screen the Screener actions. This tactic allows the defender of the first screener on the cross screen to hedge a little longer. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His YouTube channel has several videos with ...

You probably already do something similar to this to work on conversion defense. To make communicating to to our players more clear, I like to use the term “conversion” when we are going from offense to defense and “transition” when we are going from defense to offense. I think that there are 3 key teaching ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of the Wall technique for defending pick and roll. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His YouTube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays as well as clips on various ...

This video of Holy Cross Men’s Assistant Coach TJ Rosene discussing a 1-3-1 defense for defending underneath inbound plays. At the time Coach Ferry gave this talk, he was an assistant at Monmouth. The content is located on the Glazier Coaching Vault. Sam’s entire presentation is available along with all of the basketball content in the Glazier Vault ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of the Dive Switch man to man defense technique against Ball Screen Motion. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His You Tube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays as ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of Cincinnati’s Open Stance man to man defense technique under Coach Mick Cronin. Coach Cronin is now at UCLA. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His YouTube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, ...

The following defensive stunting techniques came from the Encyclopedia of pick and roll defense playbook assembled by Chris Filios for Scott Peterman’s Basketball HoopScoop. It is paired with The Comprehensive Ball Screen Playbook as this week’s featured bundle. You can find out more about the bundle by clicking on this link: Encyclopedia of Pick and Roll Defense ...

Army Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Zak Boisvert posted these videos on his tremendous resource site for coaches. PickandPop.net Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His YouTube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert There is a narration with the video, so ...

Army Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Zak Boisvert posted these videos on his tremendous resource site for coaches. PickandPop.net Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His YouTube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert Editor’s Note from Brian.  There are two videos ...

This defense technique for defending a wide pin down screen is with SMU Coach Tim Jankovich. The video is hosted on You Tube. You will need to be on a network that allows you to access that site. The video is two minutes and 33 seconds long. He discusses the position of the ball as to when they ...

Army Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Zak Boisvert posted these videos on his tremendous resource site for coaches. PickandPop.net Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His YouTube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert Editor’s Note from Brian. The post is provided as ...

This article on the tactics used by Loyola Chicago to double team the low post was posted to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Matt Wheeler. Matt Wheeler has spent the last 10 years coaching in the Orlando, FL area. For the last 6 seasons he was at Olympia High School ...

Army Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Zak Boisvert posted these videos on his tremendous resource site for coaches. PickandPop.net Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His You Tube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert   Editor’s Note from Brian.  The post is ...

This post was submitted by Coach Tom Kelsey.  Coach Kelsey has been a Head Coach at Belhaven University, Faulkner University, and Greater Atlanta Christian High School.  He has also been an assistant at LSU, Alabama, Murray State, and Lipscomb.  He played at Lipscomb under Coach Don Meyer. Does your team have a defensive identity? Do your players ...

Army Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Zak Boisvert has these notes on his tremendous resource site for coaches. PickandPop.net Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His You Tube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert Editor’s Note from Brian.  The post is ...